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CHAPTER LXXI. 



The Green Fruit-beetle, (Cal.) 



( Gymnetis nitida. — Linnaeus.) 



Synonym. — Allorhina nitida. 



Order, Coleoptera ; Family, Cetonid.e. 



[Feeding upon ripe peaches, pears, plums, figs, and melons ; 

 a green beetle (Fig. 109c) measuring about one inch and two 

 lines in length, having the wing-cases bordered with yellow ; 

 or feeding upon the roots of strawberry plants, etc., a whitish 

 six-legged larva.] (Fig. 109a.) 



Fig. 109. 



Fig. 109. — Green Fruit-beetle, Larva and Pupa ; c, the male 

 beetle — colors, green and yellow ; b, the pupa — color, brown ; 

 a, the larva, or grub — color, whitish ; d, its upper jaw, enlarged ; 

 e, its antennae, enlarged ; f, one of its legs, enlarged ; g, its 

 upper lip and palpus. 



This species is very scarce in this State, as but few speci- 

 mens have been found. It is plentiful in Arizona Territory, 

 and is very destructive to peaches and melons. 



